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Civil Rights and Islamophobia
June 26, 2013 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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WHAT: A talk on Islamophobia and the civils rights issues it raises
by Donna Nevel and Alan Levine
WHEN: Wednesday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Ethical Culture Society of Westchester
7 Saxon Woods Rd.
White Plains, NY 10605
OUR SPEAKERS, Alan Levine, a civil and human rights lawyer, and Donna Nevel, a community psychologist and educator, are long-time organizers against anti-Muslim and anti-Arab prejudice. Levine has worked with and represented members of the Muslim community who have faced discrimination. Nevel is co-author, with Elly Bulkin, of a series of articles on Islamophobia. Both are founding members of the Jews against Islamophobia Coalition. The speakers will discuss the intersections and connections among different forms of anti-Muslim discrimination and related issues of civil rights and free speech. They will also address strategies for organizing against Islamophobia.
For directions to ECS, go to http://ethicalsocietywestchester.org/contact-us/directions/ .
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